Isaiah 38:1-8

1In those days Hezekiah became terminally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Set your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”

2Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord.

3He said, “Please, Lord, remember how I have walked before you faithfully and wholeheartedly, and have done what pleases you.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

4Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah:

5“Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I am going to add fifteen years to your life.

6And I will rescue you and this city from the grasp of the king of Assyria; I will defend this city.

7This is the sign to you from the Lord that he will do what he has promised:

8I am going to make the sun’s shadow that goes down on the stairway of Ahaz go back by ten steps.’” So the sun’s shadow went back the ten steps it had descended.